Actaully, they were a bit off in how the whole IBM/DOS thing happened.
IBM came to MS for applications for the PC. MS signed a non-disclosure and everything before IBM would even talk to them about what they wanted. Then, IBM went to Digital Research for DOS (I *believe* that MS even suggested them for the DOS. They had no interest in doing DOS, since they had no OS experience) Digital Research freaked at the idea of IBM approaching them and wanting this non-disclosure signed before they would even tell them why there were on thier front porch (DR was still operating out of thier house at the time) and basicly told IBM to go away. IBM went back to MS, told them what was going on, told them that without the DOS, the whole project might be in jeporady (remember, IBm wasn't REALLY stong on the idea of a PC, it was kind of a back-burner project). Facing the prospect of losing the whole application deal, they stuck thier necks out and told IBM they could do the DOS too. Paul Allen freaked, becuase he didn't believe they could come up with an OS that quickly with no experience. Of course, then they went and bought the DOS, but the fact of the story was, the fact that they didn't want to lose the application contract, and the fact that DR dropped the ball, made Microsoft what they are today.
Bottom line, they lucked into a good positon, and were willing to take a chance on the fact they could come up with an OS.
He plainly does get it. Comments like this are not to discourage the people who have already discovered Linux, nor the companies (hardware and software) who have started to see Linux as a viable market, but those 95% of the people who really don't know, really do think that his judgement is the best, and are going to do according to what they read in the WSJ, USA Today, and other various sources for thier computer news.
And, if you think this doesn't affect us, that is where we could all sadly be mistaken. It's the slow migration and discovery of Linux by those 95% that is getting the money to start backing Linux. That is what allows mainstream, polished distributions, major hardware vendor backing, and more and more applictions written for linux. If that flow of people toward linux, even as a secondary OS, then the support will fade away, becuase believe what we want people, but the software, hardware and distribution backing really comes from money, and money is from market.
Comments like this are not for those who have discovered Linux, but those who are just starting to hear about it. And the last thing we need for them to hear is Big Bill telling them it's going to be nothing more then the next Pet Rock or Rubiks Cube: nothing more then a passing fad.
Oh Yeah!.. That thing I used last year when my microwave died..
As an aside, a couple of years ago, my roomates and I moved our computers into the kitchen (not like we really needed a kitchen table). It was the ultimate in geek convience. You could scoot the chair between the computers, the microwave, and the fridge without breaking a sweat..
If you open the doc, it infects the normal.dot document of Office/Word, and forward it to 50 people in your address book w/ your name from the registry.
If you have another email program, and you open the document that you recieved, you are still infected, but you don't automaticly spread it. BUT, any document you open and save from then on is infected, and any of them you forward to others will infect them. Plus, if they have Outlook, they start the automatic propergation again.
I really don't see a real need for something like this. It would be cool in the gadget sorta way, but do we really need a wearable portable DVD player? Wouldn't a handheld be just as good, and much easier..
Sometimes we just go a little too far with things...
You really can't count getting free hardware toward cost comparasions. I know the intergrated MB's I pickup for projects are $89. And you can't beat that price for a PC100 MB when buying the parts seperate..
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Actaully, they were a bit off in how the whole IBM/DOS thing happened.
IBM came to MS for applications for the PC. MS signed a non-disclosure and everything before IBM would even talk to them about what they wanted. Then, IBM went to Digital Research for DOS (I *believe* that MS even suggested them for the DOS. They had no interest in doing DOS, since they had no OS experience) Digital Research freaked at the idea of IBM approaching them and wanting this non-disclosure signed before they would even tell them why there were on thier front porch (DR was still operating out of thier house at the time) and basicly told IBM to go away. IBM went back to MS, told them what was going on, told them that without the DOS, the whole project might be in jeporady (remember, IBm wasn't REALLY stong on the idea of a PC, it was kind of a back-burner project). Facing the prospect of losing the whole application deal, they stuck thier necks out and told IBM they could do the DOS too. Paul Allen freaked, becuase he didn't believe they could come up with an OS that quickly with no experience. Of course, then they went and bought the DOS, but the fact of the story was, the fact that they didn't want to lose the application contract, and the fact that DR dropped the ball, made Microsoft what they are today.
Bottom line, they lucked into a good positon, and were willing to take a chance on the fact they could come up with an OS.
He plainly does get it. Comments like this are not to discourage the people who have already discovered Linux, nor the companies (hardware and software) who have started to see Linux as a viable market, but those 95% of the people who really don't know, really do think that his judgement is the best, and are going to do according to what they read in the WSJ, USA Today, and other various sources for thier computer news.
And, if you think this doesn't affect us, that is where we could all sadly be mistaken. It's the slow migration and discovery of Linux by those 95% that is getting the money to start backing Linux. That is what allows mainstream, polished distributions, major hardware vendor backing, and more and more applictions written for linux. If that flow of people toward linux, even as a secondary OS, then the support will fade away, becuase believe what we want people, but the software, hardware and distribution backing really comes from money, and money is from market.
Comments like this are not for those who have discovered Linux, but those who are just starting to hear about it. And the last thing we need for them to hear is Big Bill telling them it's going to be nothing more then the next Pet Rock or Rubiks Cube: nothing more then a passing fad.
Stove... stove...
Oh Yeah!.. That thing I used last year when my microwave died..
As an aside, a couple of years ago, my roomates and I moved our computers into the kitchen (not like we really needed a kitchen table). It was the ultimate in geek convience. You could scoot the chair between the computers, the microwave, and the fridge without breaking a sweat..
Do a little more reading first..
If you open the doc, it infects the normal.dot document of Office/Word, and forward it to 50 people in your address book w/ your name from the registry.
If you have another email program, and you open the document that you recieved, you are still infected, but you don't automaticly spread it. BUT, any document you open and save from then on is infected, and any of them you forward to others will infect them. Plus, if they have Outlook, they start the automatic propergation again.
Remember how, Outlook only SPREADS the virus, anybody running Word/Office with ANY Email program can get infected and spread the virus manually.
Go ahead and use Endura, but if you have Word/Office, you still get infected if you open the doc.
There are those of use fored to use Exchange/Outlook at work, and I found 15 of those bloody emails in my box yesterday morning.
I never thought I'd be wishing we didn't convert from CC:Mail. (see, Outlook was a major improvment..)
I really don't see a real need for something like this. It would be cool in the gadget sorta way, but do we really need a wearable portable DVD player? Wouldn't a handheld be just as good, and much easier..
Sometimes we just go a little too far with things...
That could possibley explain why it was down all day, Al was the one fixing it.
He spent all day on hold calling tech support.
You really can't count getting free hardware toward cost comparasions. I know the intergrated MB's I pickup for projects are $89. And you can't beat that price for a PC100 MB when buying the parts seperate..
(If you can, I gotta find your source.
--Nick